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Categorization in Context for Young and Older Adults
(East Carolina University, 2013)
Individuals make sense of the world by grouping items into categories, or clusters of concepts that share certain characteristics. Some research has indicated that older adults may organize concepts differently than young ...
Subjective and objective screening measures for dysphonia pre-thyroidectomy
(East Carolina University, 2013)
There has been a link established between post-surgical dysphonia and thyroidectomy procedures and various studies identify that a large percentage of these patients have dysphonia after surgery. Most of these incidences ...
Hearing aids in older adults: audibility, outcomes, status, characteristics, and skills
(East Carolina University, 2013)
The current study explored hearing aid outcomes for a group of participants who were dispenser fit rather than protocol fit. Participants could have been fit and followed by any hearing aid practitioner increasing the ...
Social communication between intellectually disabled, severe middle school students who use augmentative and alternative communication and their typically developing peers
(East Carolina University, 2013)
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices are often used as a mode of communication for people who cannot use spoken language to meet all of their communication needs. Current research is limited regarding ...
Keyboard layout in eye gaze communication access: typical vs. ALS
(East Carolina University, 2013)
The purpose of the current investigation was to determine which of three keyboard layouts is the most efficient for typical as well as neurologically-compromised first-time users of eye gaze access. All participants (16 ...